Our next meeting is on Monday 19th October 2026 at the Holiday Inn, Blackpool.
Our guest speaker is John Lovett Begg ‘My 75 year love affair with Blackpool’
Non-members are welcome for a small donation, £2 suggested.
Tag: Monthly Meeting
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Monthly Meeting – 21st September 2026 – David Hulme
Our Monday 19th September meeting will be held the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road Blackpool starting at 7pm.
Tonight’s guest speaker is David Hulme, who worked on Blackpool Tower for 30yrs and has written a book about it. Tall Tales.
Non-members welcome for a small donation suggested £2.
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Monthly Meeting 17th August 2026 – Diane Farley
Our next monthly meeting is at 7pm on Monday 17th August 2026 in the Holiday Inn, Blackpool. Our guest speaker is Diane Farley of Enveco speaking about their environmental and waste management work in Blackpool.
Non-members are welcome for a small donation, £2 is suggested.
Diane Farley, our guest speaker. Finalist in the Enterprise Vision Awards 2026 to be held in October at the Blackpool Winter Gardens.
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Monthly Meeting Monday 20th July – Barry McCann
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Our next monthly meeting will be on Monday 20th July at 7pm in the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road, Blackpool.
The guest speaker will be Barry McCann who will speak about Blackpool Shipwrecks.
Non-members are welcome for a small donation, suggested as £2 each.
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Monthly Meeting – May 2026 Ruth and Keith
Our next meeting is at 7pm on Monday 18th May 2026 at the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road, Blackpool. Next to Blackpool North Railway Station and tram stop.
Our guest speakers are Ruth and Keith with an entertaining talk about their award winning comedy theatre show ‘BlackLiver’.
Non-members are welcome for a suggested donation of £2.
This evening’s talk is our Cyril Critchlow Lecture. Cyril was a magician and local historian who left a large collection of Blackpool showbiz memorabilia. More can be read on the Showtown website: https://www.showtownblackpool.co.uk/…/cyril-critchlow-a…
For information about joining please see our website click here
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Next Monthly Meeting 20th April 2026
Our next meeting is at 7pm on Monday 20th April 2026 at the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road, Blackpool. Next to Blackpool North Railway Station and tram stop.
Our guest speaker will be Zowie Swann, folklorist, storyteller and author, who will be speaking about Fylde Folklore.
Non-members are welcome for a small donation, £2, suggested.
For information about joining please see our website click here
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Blackpool Civic Trust Meetings and Speakers 2026/7
Our meetings are on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7pm in the Holiday Inn, Blackpool, unless stated otherwise. Non-members are welcome, we appreciate a donation thankyou.
We are always interested in hearing from potential speakers.
Monday Topic Speaker 2026 April 20th Fylde Folk Lore Zowie Swan May 18th Black Liver Ruth and Keith June 15th Architectural Photography Sean Conboy July 20th Blackpool Shipwrecks Barry McCann August 17th ENVECO Diane Farley September 21st Stick Men & Author David Hulme October 19th My 75 year love affair with Blackpool John Lovett Begg November 16th The Robert Evan Mills Lecture: ‘Palace (varieties, cinema and ballroom)’ Shirley Matthews December 14th Christmas Festivities 2027 January 18th Speaker to be announed February 15th Speaker to be announced March 15th Annual General Meeting -
Monthly Meeting Monday 19th January 2026
Next Monthly Meeting is 7pm on Monday 19th January 2026 at the Holiday Inn, Talbot Road
The guest speaker is
John Blackledge, Director of Community and Environmental Services, Blackpool Council
At the Holiday Inn, 7pm, Monday 19th January 2026
Non-members are welcome for a small donation of £2.
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Monthly Meeting – Annual Robert Evan Mills Lecture – 17th November 2025
Monday, 17th November, at The Imperial Hotel Blackpool, it’s our November meeting. It will be the annual Robert Evan Mills lecture. This year the lecture is by Bev Carroll and titled. ‘Raikes Hall and the Royal Palace Gardens’.
Starting at 7pm. Non-members are welcome for a small donation £2. Please note the venue.
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October Monthly Meeting Short Report
Monday 20th October 2025 at 7pm
There was a good turn out for our October meeting in the Holiday Inn Blackpool. A number of proposals were discussed and agreed before the guest speaker, Alistair Baines presented his talk ‘The Life and Times of a Sandgrown Architect’.
From building Sandcastles at Cleveleys to designing Council buildings, Schools, Colleges, Banks and more. With explanations of features and form. Building works such as the new Stanley Building transformation, Glasdon Innovation Centre and Knott End Golf Clubhouse.
The meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Blackpool on Monday 20th October 2025. Photo of Elaine our Chairman thanking Alistair, standing, for the talk.